Phyllonorycter comptoniella

Phyllonorycter comptoniella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. comptoniella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter comptoniella
(Darlington, 1949)

Phyllonorycter comptoniella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada (Nova Scotia, Québec) and the United States (Connecticut, New Jersey and Vermont).[1]

The larvae feed on Comptonia peregrina. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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